Louisa Lawson

Louisa was born in 1855 in ,Hawkins, Tennessee.¹   Louisa's father was Newton Lawson and her mother was Ellender Or Ellen Gilbert.  Her paternal grandparents were Hennus Lawson and Jailey. She had six brothers and five sisters, named Wilkerson Or Wilkes, Solomon, William, John B., James, George W., Miranda, Allie Jane, Nancy, Mary L. and Orlena.  She was the oldest of the twelve children.